martin wrote:seems to me that Memphis wants to move him to save $$$ but I could be wrong. They just signed Gay and Conley to massive deals and have Gasol and Zach coming up too.

Xavier Henry has stepped up and is low cost over the next 5 years.

What do the Grizz need besides cap relief in return for Mayo? And what would the Knicks offer?

They want a replacement for Zach Randolph because they dont want to pay him either.

Memphis isnt going to have 50 million tied up in 4 players.

earthmansurfer wrote:Word is that they want Chandler. Chandler is putting up much better numbers - every year, while Mayo is doing the opposite. The only way I would see us doing that trade is because we are afraid of losing Chandler at the end of the year anyway, in order to sign Melo. It would be a calculated gamble...

edit - We would have to throw in filler as Mayo was a lotto pick and makes more.

F that. Memphis would have to throw in more because Chandler is outperforming Mayo by a LOT.

martin wrote:

earthmansurfer wrote:Word is that they want Chandler. Chandler is putting up much better numbers - every year, while Mayo is doing the opposite. The only way I would see us doing that trade is because we are afraid of losing Chandler at the end of the year anyway, in order to sign Melo. It would be a calculated gamble...

edit - We would have to throw in filler as Mayo was a lotto pick and makes more.

F that. Memphis would have to throw in more because Chandler is outperforming Mayo by a LOT.

Exactly - I remember when we just missed out on this guy by not trading for a pick etc. I wouldnt trade Chandler for him - guy has proven nothing yet. He also has a bad reputation as a me first kind of guy - do we want that here?

Douglas/AR combos make sense if you can get back more useful size or ball handling options. I wonder if the Knicks are feeling pressure to get more talent in here before having to extend Ill Will.

Gallo played, to me, one of the best games of his career here against Denver in the sense that he played sustainable offense that was efficient and fit with the offense. I'd still trade him in the perfect scenario, but my price just went up. You almost have to make a move with the lockout looming and the team playing so great, but you really could mess it up if Melo or OJ come in here and throw things off.

earthmansurfer wrote:Word is that they want Chandler. Chandler is putting up much better numbers - every year, while Mayo is doing the opposite. The only way I would see us doing that trade is because we are afraid of losing Chandler at the end of the year anyway, in order to sign Melo. It would be a calculated gamble...

edit - We would have to throw in filler as Mayo was a lotto pick and makes more.

makes absolutely no sense if that's the plan as Mayo still has another year left on his deal, so in essence we'd have to dump his contract if we wanted to sign Melo this summer too... the only way we make a trade for Mayo is if a Melo trade is soon to follow.

We have been winning like we havent been in 10 to 15 years, we haven't won 8 str8t, since ewings prime.

you guy's want to give up on AR, but 4 months ago he was the next KG

Childs2Dudley wrote:Your 1st post is some unsubstantiated rumor from some crap website? Not a good look, man.

You're making Bip look like a genius in comparison.

Woooooaaaaah! Another shot out of no where

It would have to be a trade based around TD/Randolph for me and then you have OJ as the 6th man to control the team when Felton and/or STAT are sitting. That's basically all this team needs is a playmaker in the backcourt off the bench and rebounding/PnR/defense depth up front. Over-reaching for a big name would be a mistake.

JohnWallace44 wrote:I would think there are better matches out there as far as trade partners for Memphis unless we're giving up Chandler or Fields. I wouldn't do an OJ trade involving either though.

It would have to be a trade based around TD/Randolph for me and then you have OJ as the 6th man to control the team when Felton and/or STAT are sitting. That's basically all this team needs is a playmaker in the backcourt off the bench and rebounding/PnR/defense depth up front. Over-reaching for a big name would be a mistake.

I agree! I don't like the idea of letting Fields go at all this season. I'd rather hold on to chandler in hopes for a possible 'melo deal or someone of his caliber.

Mayo still has a few years left potentially on his rookie deal.

I like the versatility that the Knicks current lineup brings - we have Gallo/Chandler/Amare/Fields - all are capable of playing multiple positions, allowing us to tweak our lineup for running or half court.

Gallo/Chandler each is not as good as a Carmelo - but a lineup with both creates opportunities a lineup with just Carmelo would. (I'm ambivalent on any move for Carmelo - though I'd be in favor of it strongly if we could keep at least one of Gallo/Chandler - both of them are turning into glue guys)

At this stage of their careers, Chandler is a better player than Mayo - clearly. You'd think Mayo has more upside/talent/bball IQ... but Chandler is "versatile," able to leverage strengths to his game whether he's playing SG/SF/PF. Mayo gets the negative connotation of tweener. He's a small SG... and hasn't shown the ability to exploit his size/skills against smaller opponents when playing PG.